I can hardly believe, or handle, the fact that my babies will soon be turning 2. On Valentines Day. I’ve been thinking about their birth lately. It was all so complicated, dramatic. There were airplanes and ambulances, teams of specialists, hospital stays spanning weeks and weeks, and parrots. Yes, parrots. I’ll get to those later [...]
Posts Tagged ‘preemies’
Birth Story (and it’s a doozy)
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged birth story, complications with having twins, dramatic birth story, giving birth to twins, medevac airplanes, motherhood means it's not about me anymore, preemies, pregnancy complications, prematurity on January 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Why I Fear the Mothers’ Group
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged Fear of Mothers groups, legit reasons for not joining a mothers group, Mothers Groups, off the grid living, parents who don't vaccinate are a menace to society, petty reasons for not joining a mothers group, preemies, the 3 dogs of the apocalypse, when mothers groups combine on January 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Okay, so technically there is a Mother’s Group on this island and technically I have studiously avoided it. There are several reasons for this, most of them petty, and one legit. Initially I was very excited at the prospect of joining. There’s no twinnies in the group, of course, because mine are THE ONLY TWINS [...]
The Little Things
Posted in The Joy of Twins, tagged babies, breast feeding preemie twins, first birthday, preemies, remembering when they were babies, taking preemies home from the hospital, twins, writing things down so I don't forget on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With the girls coming up fast on 1 year, I’m afraid I’ll forget all the funny, beautiful little pieces of their babyhood. Like when Lulu was discharged, all 3lbs 2ozs of her, and got her back to our room and handled her like an ice cream cone on the verge of melting. We insulated her [...]
I Freakin’ Love David Sedaris
Posted in Literary Shout-outs, travelling with twins, tagged air travel with twins, airport terminals with babies, babies seeing specialists, David Sedaris, grateful but tired, Perez Hilton, preemie checkups, preemies, twins, undecided voters on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a Sedaris quote about undecided voters I stole from Perez Hilton. Yea, that’s right, I read Perez Hilton. No remorse. “I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, [...]
What Happens when you Don’t Vaccinate: A Personal Account
Posted in 1, tagged alternatives to vaccines, babies, childhood illnesses, childhood vaccinations, complications and symptoms of measles mumps and rubella, diagnosing autism, MMR, pertussis, pertussis risk to babies, preemies, risks of not vaccinating, rubella risk to pregnant women, rubella risk to premature babies, twins, vaccines and autism, what happens when children are not vaccinated, what it feels like to have measles mumps rubella, whooping cough on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know a lot of parents out there have concerns about vaccines. There are many excellent articles and editorials on the subject, explaining or in hard science or passionate anecdotes why you should or should not vaccinate. This isn’t one of those. The science based articles are awfully compelling, bringing to light rare but severe [...]
Commando Babies and the concept of Time
Posted in Commando Babies, tagged babies, commando crawl, milestones, preemies, the concept of time, twins on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe it but its true. My little Valentine’s Day twinnies are 6 months old today! Where are my little preemies? I swear it was just yesterday they were negative 7wks and so itty bitty I could have carried them by the scruff like a kitty cat. Now they are big, fuzzy-headed, and squirmy. [...]
Orange lava, Inca festivals, Robot babies
Posted in Orange Lava, Inca Festivals, Robot Babies, tagged babies, baby games, getting lost, Inca, Orange Lava, Inca Festivals, Robot Babies, preemies, robot baby, travel, twins, volanoes, volcanic eruptions on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We took T to see the spouting lava a few days ago. The twins were babysat for only the second time in their lives, and I was nervous as hell about it, but it all went fine. I’ve been itching to see the molten lava since we moved to this island, but it’s always been [...]
Babies on a Bender
Posted in Babies on a Bender, tagged babies, cluster feeding, preemies, Rolling Stones, twins on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Back when the twins were in negative numbers (they were born at -7 wks) I used to tell people that living with them was like living with the Rolling Stones. They used to trash my house every day (actually they still do that), drink until they vomited (er….ditto on that too), and stay up all [...]
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